Tricia Hamilton, a Bristol hat maker who battled cancer, has designed a hat especially for patients undergoing chemotherapy and experiencing hair loss.

The mother-of-two, who made headlines in the summer after announcing she will be raffling off her £1m cottage in Roselands near Bristol as a way to raise money to invest in her firm, lived with a kidney tumour for over six years before she was diagnosed by chance.

The founder of Tricia Designs says she was given the idea of making hats for people suffering from hair loss when a cancer patient asked if the material she used was washable.

She said: “My winter hat collection had been made of felt and would have lost their shape if washed.